Seam for sewed articles.



Nip- 830,481. PATENTED' SEPT. 4, L906.

j J.GLLEW1S.

SBAM, FOR SEWED ARTICLES; A PP LIOATION FILED PEB.1 6, 1899. RENEWED JULY 21, 1901.

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John G. Lewis UNITED STATES iwrrziur onnron.

JOHN G. Lewis, on sr. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO ewis BLIND srrrcn MAOHINE'COMPANY. on ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORA-' TION OF MISSOURI.

SEA-M FOR SEWED ARTICLES- Application filed February 18, 1899. RenewedkTuly 27. 1901.- Serial No. 89,990.

To all whom it may-concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. LEWIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have in- Vented a certain new and useful Hem or Seam for Sewed Articles, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable any one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

reference bein hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to make. a

hem or seam for sewed articles which will be neat in appearance'and durable. My lnventlon conslsts in a hem or seam for sewed articles, in which a portion of the material is folded upon itself and the folded portion secured to the main part of the material by blindstitches piercing said material in the direction of the length of the hem, and in other novel features which are described in the following specification and pointed out in the claims affixed hereto.

In the accompanying drawings, whichillus- 1 trate a hem made in accordance with my invention, Figure 1 is a front view. Fig. 2 is a transverse section. Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional views showing the manner offorming the hem or seam, and Fig 5 is an enlarged view showing the form of stitcl1.

, Like marks of reference refer to similar parts in the several'views of the drawings.

10 is the main layer of the material. In the form of hem shown, a portion 11 is folded back upon the layer 10. This portion 11, however, may be a separate piece of material in some cases. The edge 12 of the portion 11 is preferably turned under, as best shown in Fig. 2, so that there will-be noraw edge exposedin the completed hem or seam. The

layers of cloth are then bent around a guide,

I shown by the dotted line A of Fig. '3. In

some instances the needle in passing down at the other side of the edge of'the-seam may pass throughthe layers 11 and 12 and into the main layer 10. In most cases, however,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

form of hem or seam shown,atwo' threads are,

used toform the stitches, 14 being the upper and 15 the lower thread' 4 Y Y I am aware that hemshave previously been made inwhich the folded] portion of the material was held to the main part of the mate% rial by blindstitches piercing the goods inadirection at right angles to the length ofthe hem, and I do not claim the same. Having fully describedmy invention, what I prefer to have the needle either pass into I I. the outer layer 11 only, as shown in dotted I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of'the United States, -ist 1. A hem of scam for sewed articles, con: sisting of a main layer of textile or similar material, and one or more superim osed layers of material secured to said main ayer by two connected rows of stitches passed into the ma terial in the direction of the length of the hem or semi, one of said rows of stitches being at each'side of the edge of said superimposed layer or layers, said stitches enteringinto 'and emerging from the same surface and'being locked or jenchained and subs'tantiallyconcealed from view on the opposite surface.

2. A'hemor seam for sewed articles, consisting of a main layer of textile or similar material, and one or more super m osed layers of material secured'to sald mam ayer by two connected rows of stitches passed into the material in the direction of the length of the hem or seam, one of said rows of stitches being at each side of the edge of said superimposed layer or layers, said stitches entering into and emerging from the same surface and being composed of a needle-thread and a bobbinthrea'd locked or enchained and substantially concealed from view on the op osite surface.

3. A hem or seam for sewe articles, consisting of a main layer of textile or similar material, and one'or more superimposed'layers of material secured to said main ayer by two connected rows of blindstitches passed intothe material in the direction of the length. of

the hem or seam, one of said rows of stltches entering the main layer of material and the other enteringone or more of said superimposed layers but not the main layer, whereby drawing of the main layer is prevented.

4. A hem or seam for sewed articles consisting of a main layer of textile or similarmaterial and one or more superim osed layers of material secured to said main a er by two connected rows of stitches, one said rows of stitches entering the main layer of the material and the other entering one or more of the superimposed layers but not the main layer, said stitches enteringb'and emer ing from the same surface and eing locke or enchained and substantially concealed from view on the opposite surface.

5. A hem' or seam for sewed articles, consisting of a main layer of textile or similar ni'av same surface and being locked or enchained and substantially concealed from view on the opposite surface.

6. ,A hem or seam for sewed articles, consisting of a main layer of textile or sinnlar maconnected rows of stitches of material secured to said main layer by two assed into the material in the direction of t e lengthof the hem or seam, one of said rows of stitches entering the main layer of material and the other entering one or more of said superimposed layers but not the main layer, said stitches entering into and emerging from the same surfaceand being composed of a needlethread and a bobbin-thread locked or enchained and substantially concealed from view on the opposite surface. 7

7. A hem or seam for sewed articles, consisting of a main layer of material folded upon itself to form the hem, the outer edge of said folded portion being itself folded under, as at 12, two rows of blindstitches comprising upper and lower threads passed intothe material parallel with and at o posite sides of the fold 12, interlocked wit in the material and having their exposed threads crossed on the line of the fold 12,-but exterior thereto.

JOHN G. LEWIS.

Witnesses:

W. A. ALEXANDER, DAVID STANNARD.

' terial, and one or more superimposed layers. 

